Polystyrene nanoparticles affect the innate immune system of the Antarctic sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri

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Cationic polystyrene nanoparticle and the sea urchin immune system: biocorona formation, cell toxicity, and multixenobiotic resistance phenotype

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Physiological effects and cellular responses of metamorphic larvae and juveniles of sea urchin exposed to ionic and nanoparticulate silver

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Induction of innate immune gene expression following methyl methanesulfonate-induced DNA damage in sea urchins

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Nano-sized polystyrene affects feeding, behavior and physiology of brine shrimp Artemia franciscana larvae

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Interactions of cationic polystyrene nanoparticles with marine bivalve hemocytes in a physiological environment: Role of soluble hemolymph proteins

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Antimicrobial peptides in echinoderm host defense

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Sea urchin immune cells as sentinels of environmental stress

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Evidence for immunomodulation and apoptotic processes induced by cationic polystyrene nanoparticles in the hemocytes of the marine bivalve Mytilus

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Microplastics in Arctic polar waters: the first reported values of particles in surface and sub-surface samples

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Titanium dioxide nanoparticles stimulate sea urchin immune cell phagocytic activity involving TLR/p38 MAPK-mediated signalling pathway

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Common Strategies and Technologies for the Ecosafety Assessment and Design of Nanomaterials Entering the Marine Environment

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Accumulation and Embryotoxicity of Polystyrene Nanoparticles at Early Stage of Development of Sea Urchin Embryos Paracentrotus lividus

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Nanoplastic Affects Growth of S. obliquus and Reproduction of D. magna

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Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

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Vulnerability of the calcifying larval stage of the Antarctic sea urchinSterechinus neumayerito near-future ocean acidification and warming

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The Role of Metallothionein in Oxidative Stress

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RNAi-mediated inhibition of apoptosis fails to prevent cationic nanoparticle-induced cell death in cultured cells

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Immunotoxicology of non-functionalized engineered nanoparticles in aquatic organisms with special emphasis on fish—Review of current knowledge, gap identification, and call for further research

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Action of polystyrene nanoparticles of different sizes on lysosomal function and integrity

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Effects of Transport Inhibitors on the Cellular Uptake of Carboxylated Polystyrene Nanoparticles in Different Cell Lines

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Cellular biomarkers to elucidate global warming effects on Antarctic sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri

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Combined effects of two ocean change stressors, warming and acidification, on fertilization and early development of the Antarctic echinoid Sterechinus neumayeri

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Cationic nanoparticles induce caspase 3-, 7- and 9-mediated cytotoxicity in a human astrocytoma cell line

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Plastic Accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

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Essential role of the unfolded protein response regulator GRP78/BiP in protection from neuronal apoptosis

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Deposit- and suspension-feeding sea cucumbers (Echinodermata) ingest plastic fragments

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Role of metallothionein as a protective factor against radiation carcinogenesis

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Salinity sensitivity of early embryos of the Antarctic sea urchin, Sterechinus neumayeri

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